DODGE, WISCONSIN

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(472165) DODGE
From Year=1948 To Year=2012
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 1 2 58 254 571 811 978 908 607 302 51 3 4544
40 S 1 3 61 314 885 1696 2673 3582 4189 4491 4542 4544 4544
45 M 0 1 29 153 421 661 823 753 460 187 20 1 3509
45 S 0 1 30 184 604 1265 2088 2841 3301 3488 3508 3509 3509
50 M 0 0 14 84 283 511 668 598 321 103 6 0 2589
50 S 0 0 14 99 382 893 1561 2159 2480 2583 2589 2589 2589
55 M 0 0 6 42 170 364 513 444 200 50 2 0 1789
55 S 0 0 6 48 218 581 1094 1538 1738 1788 1789 1789 1789
60 M 0 0 2 18 88 227 359 295 107 20 0 0 1117
60 S 0 0 2 20 109 336 694 989 1096 1117 1117 1117 1117
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 1 3 44 179 373 529 645 598 387 205 36 2 3003
50 S 1 3 48 227 600 1129 1774 2372 2760 2965 3001 3003 3003
M = Monthly Data
S - Running sum of monthly data.
Growing Degree Day units are computed as the difference between the daily average temperature and the base temperature. (Daily Ave. Temp. - Base Temp.) One unit is accumulated for each degree Fahrenheit the average temperature is above the base temperature. Negative numbers are discarded. Example: If the days high temperature was 95 and the low temperature was 51, the base 60 heating degree day units is ((95 + 51) / 2) - 60 = 13. This is done for each day of the month and summed.
Corn Growing Degree Day units have the limitations that the maximum daily temperatures greater than 86 F are set to 86 F and minimums less than 50 F are set to 50 F.
Table updated on Oct 31, 2012
Months with 5 or more missing days are not considered
Years with 1 or more missing months are not considered

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